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Apple, Almond & Cinnamon Cake and a belated Blogiversary

In general, I am really bad at anniversaries. It’s not that I forget the dates, I’m just not organised enough to have the gift, the card and the wrapping paper ready at the same time to give on the correct day. Many times I have had to say to my wonderful, patient husband that I have a really awesome anniversary gift for him but I’m still waiting for it to arrive in the mail!

The anniversary for my blog has been much like this. The official anniversary date was months ago and even though I had the recipe sorted out earlier in the year and the cake photographed weeks ago I’m only now posting it. I have about nine months to work on the next blogiversary post so maybe I should start now!

This cake is deliciously moist, sweet and the perfect showcase for apples. I’ve always had a soft spot for apple cakes. For Year 8 Home Economics I baked an apple tea cake; such a simple cake but it looked so pretty! I was so especially proud of it that after school I took a photo of it, even going to the effort of styling it with a teacup and teapot, with a film camera. The photo was disappointingly terrible of course; all of my photos were then. I would never had imagined at the time that I would have a dessert blog. No one could have imagined it because of course the internet didn’t exist then.

The last year (or so) of blogging has been great. I have developed some new skills, got out of my baking rut and my photography has improved vastly. I’m looking forward to seeing how much further I can improve over the next year.

Thank you readers very much for taking the time to read my blog and for your generous comments! I hope you bake the cake and enjoy it!

Thanks so much Beth! I have never heard of Honeycrisp apples! Granny Smith apples are the usual cooking apple in Australia. They have green skin (although that is not important in this recipe), are slightly tart and hold their shape well when cooked. Does this sound similar to a Honeycrisp?

Granny Smith is the go to apple for baking here too. But the new guy in town is the Honeycrisp apples and they are delicious. Sweet and crisp rather than tart like Granny Smiths. And more importantly I have a bag of them right now. I imagine I could just experiment or rather my husband the cook could. 😉